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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by ptah on Thursday June 27, 2019 @06:17AM (#20293110)
maybe a blanket precautionary principle regulation would work better: manufacturers have to prove it is not harmful
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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by mikestew on Thursday June 27, 2019 @12:12PM (#20295769)
manufacturers have to prove...not...

You know where I’m going with this, right? To pick a random example, go look up saccharin. Whether or not it is “not harmful” depends on when in the last 100 years you ask the question.

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Re:How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything Was Not the ... by ptah on Friday June 28, 2019 @08:25AM (#20303523)
we would have known earlier if there was a burden to prove it was safe
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